Scott Reynolds Nelson on How Cheap American Grain Toppled the World’s Largest Empires
In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On
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In this episode, Andrew is joined by Scott Reynolds Nelson, the author of Oceans of Grain: How American Wheat Remade the World.
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Scott Reynolds Nelson is a history professor at the University of Georgia and an award-winning author. He writes about 19th-century US history including the history of slavery and Reconstruction. He also writes about international finance, the history of science, and global commodities.